Do you like sultanas (golden raisins) ?

I think they taste gross and last weekend I learned another reason to not eat them.
I had a chat with a grape farmer who makes raisins and sultanas and exports them.
According to him, and he asked me to keep this hush hush, he treats sultanas with extra amounts of sulphur dioxide to keep them light in colour.
Apparently all raisins are treated with it but sultanas receive extra doses.
No wonder they taste terrible ! Yuck ! 🤢

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walabby · M

We are going to have to disagree about sultanas. I eat them with breakfast every day. :)

EugenieLaBorgia · F

@walabby Oh..oh..well...if you're going to disagree, we shall just have to beat you up, then!! ("He deserves a good thrashing!!" I know, I know!)

walabby · M

@EugenieLaBorgia XD

Wraithorn · 51-55, M

@walabby Not worries bro. Agreeing to disagree is the easiest thing. 🙂

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

You can buy a bottle of gin and pour it over a pint jar of them and let them sit a few weeks and eat a few each day, believe it’s 8, and they are really bitter like MSM and good for joints. I might need to do this again.

Wraithorn · 51-55, M

@cherokeepatti Thanks for the hint Patti but 🤢 no thanks. I don't do alcohol anymore since I was 23. 🙂

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@Wraithorn oh OK they told me at the health food store.

walabby · M

@cherokeepatti I've heard that story here, except it uses prunes and gin.

curiosi · 61-69, F

No and yet another reason to hate them is that grapes are highly treated with pesticides, which is hard to remove from the small grapes.

Wraithorn · 51-55, M

@curiosi Yes, he mentioned that too. According to him the dry climate in the area that he farms means less insects so he doesn't use much insecticide. Unfortunately those grapes are snapped up by winemakers in other countries for a good price so we don't get to eat them.